ladies and gentlemen
i have figured out that my bat finally went. i'm looking to replace w/ something better than stock...if there is one.

anybody have any links or info on what to buy for a good battery?

thanks

tekdiver

odyssey makes some great stuff but its pricey, i think that is the route i am going when my batt dies, a lot of power for startup

also yuasa high performance batteries are pretty dang good

The OEM battery in my '04 quit this past April. I'm not sure how much better you can expect than that. I replaced it with one from the Yamaha shop local to me. Price was better than what I could find on the internet.

I was able to get a Yuasa direct replacement AGM battery for $87.00 out the door. They wanted to put it on a charger for two hours before they let me have it, but I told 'em I had to go. They put the electrolyte in and I took it home. Installed it on my bike, put it on a charger and in 10 min. the charger said it was done. Been cranking like a champ ever since.

M7

wow this is strange. i did a RSC search for batteries and came up empty, so i posted the question.

the 1st reply refered to an odyssey ba. never heard of that, so i googled it. the result was a link to RSC ha!
http://roadstarclinic.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,187/func,view/id,19220/catid,13/

sorry for revisiting, but since were here, the link is almost 2 years old.

odessy is a dry cell and some here thought it takes a lot of maintenance.

any thoghts on gel cel's

tek

In my opinion YUASA is the best battery available. they have two choices, standard and high performance. The standard is YTX20L-BS lists for $132.95, I can get it for $90.00 + shipping. The high performance is YTX20HL-BS lists for $142.95, I can get it for $95.00 + shipping. For $5.00 you can't go wrong with the high performance. I get them from Tucker Rocky who has seven warehouses around the country, they will ship it to you from the nearest warehouse to where you live.

Clifford

Check out Advanced Auto Parts they have a sealed (you don't have to ad the acid and charge it) it's shock proof etc ready to go Battery for about $70 with trade I've got one has warranty most only have 3mo this is 1 year.

gab wrote:
Check out Advanced Auto Parts they have a sealed (you don't have to ad the acid and charge it) it's shock proof etc ready to go Battery for about $70 with trade I've got one has warranty most only have 3mo this is 1 year.

The Yuasa YTX20 batteries are sealed batteries; however, they come to you dry with acid on the side, you put in the acid and seal it up. When you service the battery it is 100% brand new; when you buy a sealed battery off the shelf, how long has it been sitting and how much life is gone?

There is a brand of tire called CHENG SHIN they make a 150/80x16 rear which lists for $75.00; do you want one on your RoadStar? I don't want one on mine and I don't want to put one on yours either!

I used to work on small airplanes all the time and there is a brand called CONDOR thet sold for $90.00 There was another brand that sold for $32.00. I did a little research on planes used for flight training (lots of landings) and I found that the $90.00 tire got about 1500 landings; whereas the $32.00 tire got about 500 landings. With the $90.00 tire you got 1500 landings and paid for one installation; with the $32.00 tire three of them got you the same 1500 landings for $6.00 extra and you paid for three instalations.

BUYING THE CHEAPEST ITEM ISN'T ALWAYS CHEAP!

Clifford

In the Air Force I used to test automotive equipment. We did a test on gel type batteries in crash fire trucks. They out performed everything else hands down. That being said, I have a Yuasa in my 2000 R* with great results.
Dearman

The only batterie would startmy bike was the Big Bore and a bigger gage batterie cable

Gel cell batteries aren't fond of riders taking the winter off , they tend to die........ Just a heads up. BB